Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language and Language Teaching, ICLLT 2019, 12 October, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Sexual Harassment Against Women on German Online Media: Ideology and Cultural Study

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2292230,
        author={Shany  Pebrianti and Aceng Ruhendi Syaifullah and Dadang  Sudana},
        title={Sexual Harassment Against Women on German Online Media: Ideology and Cultural Study},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language and Language Teaching, ICLLT 2019, 12 October, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICLLT},
        year={2020},
        month={2},
        keywords={representation sexual harassment german online media transitivity cmda},
        doi={10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2292230}
    }
    
  • Shany Pebrianti
    Aceng Ruhendi Syaifullah
    Dadang Sudana
    Year: 2020
    Sexual Harassment Against Women on German Online Media: Ideology and Cultural Study
    ICLLT
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2292230
Shany Pebrianti1,*, Aceng Ruhendi Syaifullah1, Dadang Sudana1
  • 1: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
*Contact email: Shanypebrianti@gmail.com

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal how women are represented based on German online news. The source of this research is about sexual harassment against women on German online media Tagesspiegel. This research uses the CMDA Herring method to express the context of communication in online media, as well as using the transitivity analysis of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The results showed that German online media tends to be unfavorable toward women. It was proven based on the research findings. Women victims of sexual harassment are represented as passive recipients of men's actions. The condition of women illustrating helplessness and weakness. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that German online news texts published in Tagesspiegel are gender bias.